Window shade and curtain fixture.



O.G.PATTON.

WINDOW SHADE AND CURTAIN FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 25, 190B.

Patented Aug. 3,1909.

unrriz STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OLLIE O. PATTON, OF PITTSBURG, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES A. PATTON, OF PITTSBURG, KANSAS.

WINDOW SHADE AND CURTAIN FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. September 25, 1908.

Patented Aug. 3, 1909.

Serial No. 454,705.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLLIE C. PATTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Crawford and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Window Shade and Curtain Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a novel and improved shade and curtain fixture, the object of the invention being to provide a shade or curtain supporting rod which is adjustable for window frames of different widths, which may be conveniently applied to and removed from a window or door frame in a convenient and practically instantaneous manner without marring or injuring the frame and without the use of auxiliary fastenings, and which is adapted to directly support a curtain or serve as a sup ort for window shade and curtain pole brac rets.

A further object of the invention is to provide simple and efiective constructions of window shade and curtain brackets for use in conjunction with a supporting rod of this character.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is an inner elevational View of the head of a window frame, showing the application of the invention thereto. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the rod supporting brackets and the adjacent end of the rod. Fig. 5 is a similar view of one of the shade brackets. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of one of the pole supporting brackets.

In carrying my invention into practice, I provide a telesco ic rod composed of sections 1 and 2, one of w ich is fitted to slide within the other, thus enabling said rod to be extended or contracted to vary its length for ap lication to door or window frames of di 'erent widths. The inner end of the section 2, which is tubular to receive the section 1, is provided with a transverse slot 3 and. has mounted thereon a clip or support 4 carrying a cam locking lever 5 which is operative in said slot 3 to engage the rod section 1 to lock the two rod sections together in adjusted position.

Secured in any suitable manner to the outer end of the rod section 1 is a rod supporting bracket 6 which is adapted to bear against one side of the head of the window or door frame and is rovided with spurs or teeth 7 to enter said frame. The outer end of the rod section 2 carries a rod supporting bracket 8, which is provided with an opening through which the end of said rod section extends, whereby the bracket and rod section are slidably connected. The body of the bracket is provided with spurs or teeth 9 to enter the opposite side of the head of the window or door frame and is formed with an outwardly bent arm 10 extending parallel to the end of the rod and rovided with a longitudinal slot 11 in whic fits and slides one end of a pivot pin 12. The pin 12 is fixedly connected at its other end to the end of the rod section 2 and forms a pivotal support for a cam locking lever 13, which is mounted on the pin between the arm and end of the rod section, and has its cam head bearing against the outer face of the plate.

In the operation of adjusting the rod for application to any width of door or window frame, the sections of the rod are adjusted to an approximate degree by a relative sliding movement until the brackets 6 and 8 are spaced to engage the edges of the door or window frame, and then the locking lever 9 is turned to locking position to clamp the rod sections against movement. By then moving the clamping cam 13 to clamping position, the rod as a Whole will be contracted to bring the bracket 6 into engagement with the side of the frame against which it bears, while the bracket 8 will be directly forced against the opposite side of the frame, this action setting the spurs or teeth 7 and 9 of said brackets into the frame to firmly and securely fasten the rod in position thereon. Provision is thus made for adjusting the rod to suit any width of door or window frame and to enable the rod to be practially instantaneously applied and removed. The construction of attaching brackets employed obviates the necessity of using auxiliary fastenings of any kind, and adapts the rod to be applied to and removed from door and window frames varying considerably in width without marring or injuring the same.

It will be understood that the rod, constructed as above described, may be employed for supporting a lace curtain, portire or other land of drapery upon a wlndow or door frame, without the necessity of using other supporting means. It may also be employed for supporting a Window shade or curtain pole, or both, as occasion may require. For supporting window shades, brackets 1.4 and 14 are employed and adjustably mounted on the rod sections. These shade supporting brackets are practically duplicates .in construction, each comprising abody'portion 15 having atoneenda short right angular arm 16 perforated for the passage of the rod and having at its opposite end an outwardly curved arm 17 also perforated for the passage of the rod, the extremity of the arm 17 being provided with a supporting lug 18, the lug 18of oneof the brackets being provided with the usual opening for thejournal on one endof-the shade roller-andthe lug upon the other bracket with the ordinary form of notch for the reception of the :angular end of the spring roller shaft. The body portions of the brackets are arranged-between the rod and base of the window frame and bear against the latter,and the perforations in the arms 16 and1:7.permit relative adjustment of said brackets onthe rod to receive and support shade rollers of different lengths. The arm 17 of each bracket, 'by .reasonofit's inclination or curvature, bears with a binding force against the rod and thus acts as a clamp to hold the bracket in adjusted position. 'By moving this arm 17 forwardly and toward the arm 16,'the clamping pressure of said arm v17 will be relaxed to permit adjustment of the bracket.

The .curtain pole supporting brackets 19 employed in connection with the rod are alike in construction, each comprising a body portion or back-plate 20 having a forwardly extending hook shaped supporting arm.21 to receive and hold the pole. The body portion or back plate is formed with forwardly extending hooked flanges 22 adapted to fit down upon and engagetherod 10, to secure said bracket in position thereon. By reference to Figs. 1,2 and?) it will be seenl'that in the-use of the pole supporting brackets,=the body portions of said brackets are arranged in rear of the rodto bear against theiframe and thehookedflanges 22fitted from above down intolOckingengagement with the rod. This construction adapts thepole supporting brackets to be adjusted relatively to each other to support curtain poles varying in length according to the width of the frame.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that my invention provides afixture of the character described which may be adjusted to suit dififerent widths of frames,

which may be quickly and conveniently :ap-

plied and removed without :injury to the shades and curtains and door frames. The

construction is simple, and'provides a fixture which may be manufactured at a low cost, 'which is neat and attractive in appearance, and which may be used for an indefinite period.

Havin thus fully described-the invention, What isdlaimed as new is 1. A shade orcurtain fixture-comprising a rod composed of telescopic-sections, .means for fastening said sections in adjusted :position, a fixed clamping bracket uponone of said rod sections, a slidable clamping bracket up on the other rod section, and a cam mounted upon the'latter named rod section andarranged toslidesaidsliding bracketsoas to relatively adjust the brackets towardeach other for clampingactionagainst the opposite sides .ofza door-or window-frame.

2. A shade or.curtain.fixturacomprisinga supporting rodcomposed of telescopic sections, means for clamping the SEGlSiOIlSaiILfiCl justed osition, a'fixed'attaching bracket on one rod sectionadapted to bear againstone side of a Window or door frame, a' sliding attaching bracket on the other II'OflISGCtiOIl adapted to bear against the -.other sideof the window frame,and a clam ingdevice mounted upon the rod for siding said sliding bracket to relatively adjust said "brackets into and out of clamping position.

' 3. .A :windowshadeor curtainfixturecomprisingzarrod composed of telescopicsections, means for securing'the sections in adjusted position,.a clam ing bracketuponone ofthe rod sections to bear against one side-ofsthe window frame, a clamping'ibracket upon the other rod section to bear against the other side of the window frame, and meanszfonadjusting one of said brackets-on its :rod section and relatively to the other bracket to move. said brackets into and cutof clamping position.

latter named rod section and operative to slide said slidable bracket inwardly thereon to adjust said bracket toward the fixed bracket.

5. A shade orcurtaimfixture comprisingia ;rod composed of telescopic sections, :means for securing thesections-in adjusted position, a clamp1ng-member upon one'of the rod sec- 't1ons,.a coactlng clamping :member slid-ably mounted on the other rod section and having a slotted arm, a pivot pin mounted on said rod section and in said slotted arm, and a cam mounted upon said pin to bear against said bracket for adjusting the same on its rod section and relatively adjusting the two clamping brackets to throw them into and out of clamping engagement.

6. In a fixture of the character described, the combination of a supporting rod, means for securing the same to a door or window frame, and supporting brackets comprising body portions adapted to fit down between the rod and frame and having hooked flanges to engage said rod.

7. A shade or curtain fixture comprising a rod, a fixed clamping bracket upon one end of the rod, a slidable clamping bracket upon the other end of the rod having a slotted arm extending parallel with said rod, a pin projecting laterally from the latter named end of the rod into said slotted arm, and a cam pivotally mounted upon said pin between the rod and arm and operative to engage and slide said slidable bracket.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OLLIE o. PATTON.

Witnesses:

E. F. SHOUT, WM. LEWIS. 

